New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-23

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by it except that was offended at your criticism
upon my wrctchcd essay
Miss Rcydcl ceased laughing and regarded the
speaker with some surprise Now that siS saio'
after "A moments silence, "is manly speech"
And therefore YOU are astOnishcd to hear 1t
from me- rrtortcl Wilson bitterly.
Yes" replied Mss Reydel. as though care
fully weighing her words, Il didn't calculate
u.on that, certainly ,
| "You seem to have great contempt for me-
sad Wilson. II confess don't know what
! cause have given You for it,
"ContcmDt is the wrong word.' returned Miss
RcvdclL warming mp a little on her own account;
| II am amused at you. and / can soon tell you
why I have read some of your writings Dcsdes
tlc Essay on Education" and j have bcafd OF
YOU from the rector and his wife. You arc only
n bow and yet You write Of subjects upon whlch
the oldest and wscst men are not agreed as
though Won knew all about them. You dogmatlzc
and preach, are sarcastic ard supcrclhcllS moral
and crave and ciehty, as though you had long
wears OF experience and recognized position as a
teacher of your fellow creatures. To me that IS
the most laughable state of things have ever
| known"
| Miss Reydeli do scc after BERTHE he is
Smashing himself from head to heel" SAID Mrs
Wallis. who had approached unseen, IN IN icy
tore GOOD morning. Wilson. are YOU going TO
walk little way with mc?" and she bore the
unrcSsting youth of.
"Shc will have 10 go" she exclaimed when
thcv wcrc ont of hearing Of the governess. she
does not know how to behave The idea of keeping
Won IA ll,inc in tho street like that 1t is most
improper for n person in her position l cannot
put M with it,
1T was no fault Of mine, assure you,' said
Wilson. :" 7 was passing and she stoned me"
The lower classes are really becoming I'M
hcarabc.7 cried Mrs. Wallis. II blame the
Liberal party. you know Wilson II is very sad.
Now this girl was highly recommended 10 rs by
the Churchls-Crcat friends of the Earl and
Countess Of Ersom-and so we do not exactly
like to do what we should otherwise feel TO be
l,,ttr l I nfra ala &c II
am very much afraid" Wilson took H." first
decent prctcxt to escape from his companion and
went to repair the damages sustained in this
second disastrous encounter, if it might lc. But
he made only n poor job of il, and to him
entirely new feeling Of sour dissatisfaction with
himself and everything connected with him began
To creep hto his mind.
lie had not done any writing for days; as
surely % nc wrote n sentence Miss RydclTs
imagined mocicry made him ashamed Of it;
mentally 81" had hecomc-much against his will
his most constant com anion. and everything he
did was tacitly referred TO his mental ideal Of
her. ON lbs unsatisfactory dav he went MP to his
comfortable study after meeting her. and sat
down 70 brood on what had passed But his
reflections were TOO painful, and he turned for
relief 10 his favoritc piece Of wOrl-the com
mcnccmcnt Of his great poem upon the Religious
Sentiment in Man from the Birth of the Human
Race.
Wien the Creator. throned alon in bliss.
Called Cosmc Earth from ont the void abyss,
Ana scattered Chaos AMI the powers Of night
the l"-tic WORKS, Nv tlfrr 10 heht'
He felt little better already; at any rate even
Miss Rcydcll could find nothing to laugh at so far
"Thcn ere our common father Adam came,
Religion was and stl remains the same
There was something wrong with the last line
rcrhars: he thought hc heard Miss Eeydcl's airy
laughter And then suddenly her remark came
back 10 him: You are only boy, ana yet you
write Of subjects upon which the oldest ana
wisc>t men are not agreed. rs though you knew
all about them Here he was dogmatizlng about
the Great on - though he had assisted at ~
The thought which persisted in forcing Itsclt
uron him-that she perfectly right-waS IN
the hich,st degree unpleasant. and he began To
think OF her rs serious enemy. Size gave INN
the impression OF being the clevcrest person he
had ever met, and he was sure she was qultc
capable OF making him laughng-stock IN Elm
hurst aud elsewhere, unless lac managed to Icr-
form that service for her in the first place.
Now be- knew that he had only to dangIe after
her LITTLE to talk 10 her whenever they met
and 10 dIop IN, strrious hints to his sisters; ana
il Wodd hc all over the town IN lew days
how that deep de- gning adventures the rector
govcrnoss was setting her cap at the rich ana
innocent poet After that his course was PLAIN;
in response to the wishes Of all his friends, he
would carefully avoid her, and then she might
FAY whatever she l<ed against him; for every
body would look upon il all as mere spite, caused
hv the failure OF her matrimonial projects Any
little injury that Miss Kcydcl would suffer in
con- qucncc oil this arrangement seemed 10 Nam
warng very trivial indeed compared To the
damage his reputation might sustain if She were
left Ia work her Will unchecked lie proceeded To
rut his plot into execution with equal industry
and ingenuity. and the result more than Justified
bal, cNpcciat ons.
Miss Ecsuclrs behavior to him was quite un-
uar,ci ana qu t. mcrl less. she naycd him morally
alNc every time the, met, nay more, She NINlScctcl
hm Tor her own amusement; ana so intcntly was
she occupied IN this way ana so strangely IuF-
rrtml was she of her position TOO, that Wilson's
plans wcro all rlc almost before he knew.
,us, lcyuci s.,rI Mis-. Wallis one evening
when all tnc children were IN bed' nave
s,mcthlng important To Sicak Ia you ABOUT IL you
VIII gave me your uhd!Nlu'u "'''h''oh IoA ''''''
while
As long as you please, of course replied TIE
eoVcrucss, myIns aside her wotN.
Mrs. Nnlnss nanus shook and her voice was
unoc,ta4n. though she refused to own H. even 70
herself, Size stood IN awe oi Mss k'Adcll. III
ANNOYED her to how cool ami sell possessed
tnat young iauy was at tins moment. She rallied
her Iorc,s preparatory to proving that sell
possession TO the utmost
~Onc or Two OF my friends have lately men
TONED To me IA ccrtain-wnat shall say free
DOM no-want OF discretion, III your behavior
a., regards certain young gentleman Vi our
n,niialntance-Alr. Mainwaring, III short Miss
hewlett started up, AMI Tor an instant toWcfei
ul,oIc her mistress. her face and attitude 50
cNptcsslve OF passionate soorn and defiance that
MS Wallis qunilcd. but mastering her anger by
slrong effort of sclf-controI, she sank again INTO
h'r chair.
There are limits even to a goNerncsS powers
Of endurance she sad in low voice
II have expressed no opinion ON the snD'ct
mysclfn observed Mrs. Wallis. Il consider 1t
my duty Ia tell You of the report .,
1t is a wicked and det"Stablc calnmny, SAID
the govcrncss 'ctwocn her teeth.
"tNcusc me. Miss Rcydell but | do not
consider the temper you show is at all becoming
from one in your lo>tlon'
NV po,tt. on ?n repeated the governcss; and the
word which would probably have goaded less
singular person TO fury, as Mrs. Wallis Intended
restored her at once Ia good mmor. She smiled,
reflected and recovered herself.
"lou nrc right she SAID it is not. | apollo
rizc But really il is ridiculous for anybody To
couple my name with that Of a silly, concerted